The Dialysis Center at Mount Zion provides patients with dialysis, a life-saving treatment, for patients with chronic kidney failure. The Dialysis Center is a hospital-based unit that has 14 dialysis stations. The unit provides hemodialysis and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) treatments to a diverse group of adult patients who have chronic (long-term) kidney failure.

Dialysis performs the work of the kidneys by cleansing the blood and removing wastes and excess water. The two types of dialysis are hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. In hemodialysis, the patient's blood is passed through an artificial kidney machine — this procedure is performed in a hospital or similar facility. In peritoneal dialysis, the blood is filtered within the patient's abdomen and the dialysis fluid there is exchanged through a catheter. CAPD is a type of peritoneal dialysis that patients can perform at home.

Dialysis care at Mount Zion is provided by a team of professionals including nephrologists (physicians specializing in kidney diseases), registered nurses, certified hemodialysis technicians, registered dieticians and a clinical social worker. The unit's goal is to maintain and improve the overall health and quality of life for patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). We continuously monitor patient satisfaction and clinical indicators in order to measure and improve the quality of patient care and to maintain our high standards of operation.

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Parking

Parking at Mount Zion

Public parking is available in two parking garages near our Mount Zion
campus. One is a UCSF garage at 2420 Sutter St.and the other is a public
garage at 1635 Divisadero St.
Entrances to both garages are on Sutter Street, between Divisadero and
Broderick streets.

The 2420 Sutter St. garage is open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday to Friday, and
closed on weekends and UCSF holidays. The rate is $6 an hour with a $30 daily
maximum. Those with a valid disabled placard may have their parking fee waived
by obtaining a parking voucher from their clinic or the lobby information desk
at 1600 Divisadero Street. Present the voucher, your disabled parking placard
and your garage receipt to the cashier.

For more information about parking in the 2420 Sutter St. garage, call
(415) 514-8935.

The public parking lot at 1635 Divisadero St. garage is open from 5:30 a.m.
to 9 p.m., Monday to Friday, and closed on weekends and major holidays. The
rate is $2 each 20 minutes with a $28 daily maximum. UCSF parking vouchers are
not valid at the 1635 Divisadero St. garage.

For more information about the public parking lot in the 1635 Divisadero
St. garage, call
(415) 441-5408 or visit www.1635divisaderogarage.com.